scone
scone — 名詞
1. a small round bread-like cake with a hint of sweetness, prepared from flour, but
司康餅
英式圓形小烤餅，口感鬆軟
a small round bread-like cake with a hint of sweetness, prepared from flour, butter or cream, and milk, then split in half and topped with butter, jam, or clotted cream — a classic feature of British afternoon tea.
Felix ordered tea and a warm scone with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
Felix 點了一壺茶和一個溫熱的司康餅，搭配草莓果醬和凝脂奶油。
collocation: scone with jam and cream
The bakery on Mill Road sells the best cheese scones in Cambridge.
米爾路上那間麵包店賣的起司司康餅是全劍橋最好吃的。
collocation: cheese scone (savoury)
Lauren's grandmother taught her to make scones from scratch every Sunday afternoon.
Lauren 的祖母每個週日下午都教她從頭開始做司康餅。
Mira cut the warm scone in half and spread butter on each side.
Mira 把溫熱的司康餅切成兩半，在兩面塗上奶油。
typical action: split and butter a scone
For the village fair, Jin baked three trays of fruit scones dusted with sugar.
為了村子裡的市集，Jin 烤了三盤水果司康餅，頂上撒了一層糖。
- butter
- jam
- clotted cream
- cheese scone
- fruit scone
- afternoon tea
- warm scone
- biscuit (US)
a soft, flaky, savoury American bread roll that is similar in shape but made without sugar and usually eaten with gravy or butter, not jam and cream
文法句型
countable noun
用法筆記
Pronunciation of this sense varies: in most of the UK, scone rhymes with 'on' (/skɒn/), while in parts of northern England and Scotland it may rhyme with 'own' (/skəʊn/). In the US, this sense is uncommon — American speakers typically use 'biscuit' for a similar savoury baked item.
2. a sweet, triangular-shaped cake made with flour, butter, sugar, and often fruit,
美式司康
美式三角形甜烤餅，口感紮實
a sweet, triangular-shaped cake made with flour, butter, sugar, and often fruit, chocolate, nuts, or pumpkin, baked until golden and typically denser and sweeter than a British scone, commonly sold in coffee shops and bakeries across the United States.
Devika bought a blueberry scone and coffee from the cafe on her way to work.
Devika 在上班途中到咖啡廳買了一個藍莓司康餅和一杯咖啡。
collocation: blueberry scone
The bakery's pumpkin scone with cinnamon glaze sells out before noon every Saturday.
那間麵包店的肉桂糖霜南瓜司康餅每個星期六中午前就賣光了。
collocation: pumpkin scone with glaze
Gabriel prefers his scone warmed up with butter, even though the cafe serves them cold.
Gabriel 喜歡把司康餅加熱後塗上奶油吃，即使咖啡廳是賣冷的。
Reema ordered a chocolate-chip scone and asked the barista to heat it for thirty seconds.
Reema 點了一個巧克力豆司康餅，請店員幫她加熱三十秒。
collocation: chocolate-chip scone
Esteban tried the cranberry-orange scone and called it his best meal all week.
Esteban 嚐了一口蔓越莓柳橙司康餅，說那是他整週最棒的一餐。
- blueberry scone
- chocolate-chip scone
- pumpkin scone
- cinnamon glaze
- coffee shop
- barista
文法句型
countable noun
用法筆記
In American English, scone always rhymes with 'own' (/skoʊn/). American scones are typically larger, sweeter, and denser than British scones. They are not usually split and filled with jam and cream; instead, they are eaten as a standalone pastry, sometimes with a drizzle of icing or glaze.
Scone
idioma small village in eastern Scotland, near the city of Perth, historically famous as the place where Scottish kings were crowned and where the Stone of Scone (a sacred coronation stone) was kept for centuries.
斯昆（蘇格蘭東部村莊，古時蘇格蘭國王加冕地）
The Stone of Scone was kept at Scone Palace near Perth for more than 500 years.
Jason learned that Scottish kings were traditionally crowned at Scone, a village northeast of Perth.